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F. A. KOELLE, JR.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY H. 1919,

' I Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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F. A. KOELLE, JR.

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' APP l L CATION FILED JULY 11 1919 Patented Mar- 7, 1922.

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GAME.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. KonLLn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in Camden, New Jersey, have invented Games, of which the following is a specification.

One object otmy invention is to provide an interesting'game played with cards and particularly adapted for the amusement of children.

1 In accordance with my invention two sets of'cards are provided; oneset of so called lesson cards of which, in a typical case, there would be thirty, and set of the same number of penaltycards. The playing of my game is designed to simulate certain of the"work and experiences of the school lifeof a child passing from the lowest school grade to and through the high school the winner of the game being the player who, after a number of deals of the cards, first secures the averages necessary to warrant his promotionthrough or skipping of the various grades and finally his passage through or graduation from the high school.

These objects and other advantageous ends I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which,

' Figs. 1. to 10 inclusive are face views of ten of the lesson cards, indicating some of the subjects or studies which may be designated in playing my game;

5 Figsll. to 24- inclusive are face views of certain of: the: penalty cards which are designed to indicate the demerits or oifenses committed by the scholar;

Figs. 25 to 32 inclusive are face views of certain of the penalty cards, indicating certain acts of the scholar, such as good work done, which do not reduce the players score or which entitle him to a reward for having secured high averages in previous grades; and

,Fig, 38 isa face View of the preferred form of score card used in playing my game. In accordance with my invention, a full pack of cards includes lesson cards of ten studies, such as grammar, arithmetic, spelling, geography, music, history, drawing, writing, reading and physiology and there are three cards for each study marked Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. '7,

Application filed July 11, 1919, Serial No. 310,230.":i

respectively with averages ofone hundred,

eighty and sixty, those having the average of one hundred being also markedEX- empt, those havingeighty being marked Good, and those having sixty being marked Poor. (Figs. 1 to 10.) I Of the penalty cards there are twentyone, of which certain are in duplicate, having designations of certain infractions of school rules and misbehavior, with numerals designating demerits to amounts depending upon the seriousness of the oi ence indicated. Six of the penalty cards represented in Figs. 27 to 32 have designations or headings indicating or designating certain good work done by the scholar andare marked with a star, so that possession of these neutral cards does not afiect the players average. Also among the penalty cards are'three reward cards indicated in Figs. 24 to 26,

entitling the player to add twenty-five, fif-- teen" or ten, as the. case maybe, tohis'total average, if in a previous.Grade or deal an average above ninety, eighty-five or eighty, respectivelyhas been secured.

By preference, the lesson cards are of one color and the penalty cards are of another color, so that they may be readily sorted after any examination has been passed or any hand has been played, preparatory to shuillingand dealing for another hand, I i 1 In playing the game the method ofprocedure is preferably as follows with the number of cards specified there may be any number of players from two; to live, and if five play, one preferably acts as teacher, dealing the cards and keeping record of the averages, -scores andsta nding of the other players. In dealing, both sets of cards should be separately shuffled and dealt, the lesson cards being kept separate from the penalty cards. The lesson cards should then be dealt singly until each player has received six andthereafter each player should likewise be given six penalty cards, the

remaining cards being put to one side as a on the other hand the original six cards may be retained if desired.

It in a typical casea player. should receive the following cards:

GeographyiJOO Spelling 10() fArithmetio" 80 spellingu 8O Arithmetic 60 History i 60 he would naturally discard the low average history 60 and he might draw from the reserve pack a -writing 80. 1

A player is entitled tov retain but one card of each study so that the case indicated, having. two arithmetic cards and two spelling cards, it is necessary to discard one of each,-and the same requirement would apply to any other duplicate lesson cards ;in I

any of the players hands. ln so discarding, the player would naturally retain'the highest average cards, so that in the typicalcase he would discard spelling 80 and arithmetic 60, so that his hand would finally contain four cards indicating different lessons as 7 follows:

Geography;-100 Spelling; -.1O0 Arithmetic" 80 Writ-ing 80 The teacher would then add the averages of the lesson cards held by each player and in the typical case would record the total 4-360 (the L indicating the number of subjects in which examinations were taken and the 360 indicating the total number of points received).

After the scores ofall o f the players have been noted, each player would turn face up lesson ward his six penalty cards. The total number of demerits indicated on these six cards is then added and if it be assumed that this total is 44, it is subtracted from the total, as 860-4Ldz316. This final number is then divided by the number of examinations taken, "in this case four,

and the players average is then found to be i 79 for the first grade. The examination averages oil'- the other players are then entered by the teacher in the proper places on the score card, being in the particular, in: stance illustrated, respectively 80," 83, 75-, and 69. The cards are then collected, shufiledzand dealt for another hand;

Theobject ofthe' players is to be the first to enter and graduate from the high school, and it requires an average of to be promoted'from one grade to the one The player cannotslrip through the high school and though he might have an average oi 80 or better in the eighth grade, which would ordinarily entitle him to skip.the following grade, at this point he may be consideredas having entered the high school, just as-ifhis average had been 70 or over. In order to graduate from the high school, the player'must have an average of 80 or better to win the game and should two or more players graduate the same year (or in the same deal-),then'the one having the highest graduating average would win the game. 3 e

If a player in the second grade,' for example-has an average of over 80, so that he is permitted to skip a grade, the 80 is placed in-the second grade space of the score card and a dash is placed in the third grade space. In playing the next hand the sainfe player would take his fourth grade examination. Ifa player should receivean average of less than 70,-then this numberwould be placed in the proper place on the score card and would have a ring drawn around it,'-indicating that said player has been left back so that on the succeeding deal he musta'gain takethe same grade examination. 7

When any player among his penalty cards receives one of those designated add 25. etc. for good averages in the previous grades, he is entitled to add this amount to the total of his lesson score before deducting thedemerits of the penalty cards. As previously noted the neutral cards marked with a star and having designations indicating good work done,,do not eitherre- 1 quire a penalty or entitle the player to score.

Obviously without departing from my invention the number of studies included in increasing the interest in the'game.

I claim l A card game simulating scholastic education, comprising a plurallty of sets of studies and having numerals to "be averaged, and "another of said sets indicatingdemerits and detracting from the averages of the first named set. a

2. A card game-based upon the passage of scholars through .the grades of school,

said game comprising a plurality of sets of cards, one of said sets indicating various studies and having numerals to be averaged, another of said sets indicating misbehavior and detracting from, the averages of the first named set, another set indicating re cards, one of said sets indicating various Ward and adding to the averages of the first named set, and another set acting as neutral cards.

3. A card game simulating scholastic education, comprising a plurality of series of cards, one of said series having numerals adapted to be averaged, another of said series having numerals adapted to detra'et from the said average, another of said series having numerals adapted to add to the first 10 named average, and another of said series having no effect upon said average.

In Witness whereof I afiix my signature. 7

FREDERICK A. KOELLE, JR. 

